Happy Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving was my first ever away from home and away from family. Other than the homesickness that one would expect-- it was a pretty nice holiday. We still had to go to school and teach classes, which was a huge bummer. Kid's College went all out for Halloween but didn't do too much for Thanksgiving. Before lunch our classes learned how to make mashed potatoes. They enjoyed squishing potatoes with their spoons, and thought it was really weird that we added garlic, milk, butter, salt and pepper into the mix. In the end they decided that it was "machusayo" (delicious!).



Lucy, Joycelyn and Anna mashing potatoes.

After a long day of school we popped downstairs to what has quickly become our favorite restaurant, "What's David's."

The restaurant's owner, who also happens to be the mother of one of our students, had thrown together a special Thanksgiving meal for foreigners. She imported turkey from America (for some reason it's not possible to get here). This restaurant was literally one of only three places in Korea that a turkey Thanksgiving was available.
Our evening started off with a delicious pumpkin soup and freshly baked bread.


The next course was a salad with greens, mushrooms and shrimp. So delicious.


And finally the main meal of the night. White meat, dark meat, mashed potatoes, and deliciously sauteed vegetables. There was also gravy and cranberry sauce!


The night was full of fun and bonding over all of this amazing food. Of course I missed my family, but my KC family was more than adequate to complement the evening.





Happy Thanksgiving!